| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 175 pages). |
| Series |
Guides for the perplexed |
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Guides for the perplexed.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index. |
| Contents |
Against authenticity -- Weimar Years -- In America -- Adorno's cultural criticism -- Return -- Aftermath -- Art and culture -- Adorno and popular music -- The aesthetics of music -- Modernism or avant-garde? -- History and truth-content -- The culture industry -- Aesthetic theory and ideology-critique -- Freedom and society -- Wrong life : Adorno's minima moralia -- Adorno and Kant -- Freedom and society -- Dialectic of enlightenment -- The morality of thinking -- Living with guilt -- Philosophy and history -- Writing the disaster -- Crisis of reason -- Against historicism -- The task of philosophy -- Adorno and Marxism. |
| Summary |
One of the most influential philosophers and cultural theorists of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno poses a considerable challenge to students. His works can often seem obscure and impenetrable, particularly for those with little knowledge of the philosophical traditions on which he draws. Adorno: A Guide for the Perplexed is an engaging and accessible account of his thought that does not patronise or short-change the reader.€ Those new to Adorno - and those who have struggled to make headway with his work - will find this an invaluable resource: clearly written, comprehensive and sp. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.
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Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969. (OCoLC)fst00048481
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Adorno, Theodor W.
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Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomson, A.J.P. (Alexander John Peter). Adorno. London ; New York : Continuum, 2006 0826474195 (DLC) 2005021238 (OCoLC)61211247 |
| ISBN |
9781441181671 (electronic bk.) |
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1441181679 (electronic bk.) |
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